Nslookup not showng TTL
Sam Wilson
Sam.Wilson at ed.ac.uk
Thu Oct 15 13:23:47 UTC 2009
In article <mailman.708.1255599991.14796.bind-users at lists.isc.org>,
John Horne <john.horne at plymouth.ac.uk> wrote:
> On Thu, 2009-10-15 at 10:47 +0200, Adam Tkac wrote:
> > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 09:06:56AM +0100, John Horne wrote:
> > >
> > > How can I see the TTL value using nslookup?
> >
> > I'm not sure how force nslookup to show TTL but the `dig` utility is
> > far more better tool for getting such information:
> >
> I agree, it's not for me though :-)
>
> I have to teach some Windows people about the DNS, and wanted to show
> them that they could use 'nslookup' on either the Linux box provided, or
> their own Windows PC's. ...
Please don't. nslookup is a very blunt tool, occasionally comes very
close to lying to you and, as you've found, obscures some information
that you actually want to see. Like this:
> ... In this instance the TTL is important. ...
> ... It may, however, be better to introduce them
> to dig rather than having to maintain the nslookup command.
Do it. Use host if you have to but stay away from nslookup.
Sam
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